51 Scattering Winds: Poems based on the Qur’an
Look up for His signs —
in the sky
are driven winds
laden with meaning —
winds providing life on earth
winds providing life in the Spirit.
The winds carrying water droplets from the vast oceans
fall on verdant lands,
which moves in rivers and streams
back to its source.
As it is with humans,
created from the One Source
mixed with the dust of the earth,
to return back to the Source
of All Being.
The wind blows as Allah wills,
on earth as it is in heaven.
How can you capture the Spirit?
No more than you can hold a blast of wind in your hand —
Allah ordains all things,
for He is the Lord of Power.
He is the giver of life
and the giver of death;
to those who believe,
the scattering wind brings life,
but for those who ignore His messengers warnings
comes the destroying wind.
Like the ever changing wind’s path
so are your opinions
scattered away from the truth.
Confusion leads the unaware away
from the Straight Path,
so pursue truth from Allah,
and not of conjecture.